{"id":99,"date":"2019-08-26T19:48:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T23:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2019-12-29T18:08:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T23:08:41","slug":"fall-2019-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/mathematics-and-redistricting\/fall-2019-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Math\/Pols 128: Mathematics and Redistricting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Final CT State Senate district proposals:<br \/>\n(created using Maptitude for Redistricting)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-99 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/12\/Group1.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/12\/Group1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-162\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-162'>\n\t\t\t\t30 Districts\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/12\/Group2.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/12\/Group2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-163\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-163'>\n\t\t\t\t37 Districts\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/12\/Group3.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/12\/Group3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-164\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-164'>\n\t\t\t\t33 Districts\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/12\/Group4.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/12\/Group4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-165\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-165'>\n\t\t\t\t31 Districts\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/12\/Group5.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/12\/Group5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-166\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-166'>\n\t\t\t\t38 Districts\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/12\/Group6.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/12\/Group6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-167\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-167'>\n\t\t\t\t34 Districts\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Week 12: <\/strong>Small group interviews with Connecticut legislators!<br \/>\nMajor thanks to:<br \/>\n&#8211; Brendan Sharkey, former CT Speaker of the House<br \/>\n&#8211; Themis Klarides, Minority Leader, CT House<br \/>\n&#8211; Chris Donovan, former CT Speaker of the House<br \/>\n&#8211; Larry Cafero, former Minority Leader, CT House<br \/>\n&#8211; Jason Rojas, CT House of Representatives<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 11: <\/strong>Busy at work in the Redistricting Lab!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 10: <\/strong>Where do legislators do their work? Field trip<span class=\"\"> to the Legislative Office Building and the State Capitol! (<a href=\"https:\/\/cher.trincoll.edu\/community-learning\/math-gerrymandering-and-social-justice-trinity-students-work-in-redistricting-lab-and-tour-connecticut-legislature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trinity blog post<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 9:<\/strong> What is the seats\/votes curve and how is it constructed? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/11\/Week-9-SeatsVotes.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<br \/>\nHow can fair division algorithms be applied to a district map? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/11\/Week-9-FairDivision.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 8: <\/strong>What are Monte Carlo methods and Markov Chains and how are these methods used to analyze district maps? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/10\/Week-8-MCMC-1.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 7:<\/strong> How is the Census administered, how is Census data organized, and how can we display Census data to tell a story?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 6:<\/strong> How have government policies contributed to residential racial segregation and how\/where people live? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/10\/Week-6-Racial-Housing.pdf\">Student Slides<\/a>)<br \/>\nWhat is the history of housing inequality in metropolitan Hartford?<br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1tbSjDklne1A-L6HvbJyhBKCFEsFiPesDIcRL0JbO1uA\/edit#slide=id.g1221aac724_0_0\">Jack Dougherty Slides<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 5: <\/strong>What is the history of redistricting practices in Connecticut?<br \/>\nHow are Congressional representatives (re)apportioned amongst states? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/10\/Week-5-Apportionment.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 4: <\/strong>How do we test for racially polarized voting? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/09\/Week-4-Regression.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<br \/>\nWhat current and recent court cases involve racial or partisan gerrymandering? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/10\/Week-4-Case-Studies.pdf\">Student Slides<\/a>)<br \/>\nWhat is prison gerrymandering? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/09\/Week-4-Prison.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 3:<\/strong> How do we measure compactness? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/09\/Week-3-Compactness.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<br \/>\nWhat is the legal history of racial gerrymandering? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/09\/Week-3-Racial.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 2:<\/strong> What is the Efficiency Gap? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/09\/Week-2-EG.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<br \/>\nWhat are independent redistricting commissions? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/09\/Week-2-IRC.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 1:<\/strong> What is Redistricting \/ Gerrymandering? (<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/09\/Week-1.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/files\/2019\/09\/Fall19Syllabus.pdf\">Math\/Pols 128 Syllabus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Final CT State Senate district proposals: (created using Maptitude for Redistricting) Week 12: Small group interviews with Connecticut legislators! Major thanks to: &#8211; Brendan Sharkey, former CT Speaker of the House &#8211; Themis Klarides, Minority Leader, CT House &#8211; Chris Donovan, former CT Speaker of the House &#8211; Larry Cafero, former Minority Leader, CT House &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/mathematics-and-redistricting\/fall-2019-course\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Math\/Pols 128: Mathematics and Redistricting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2388,"featured_media":0,"parent":54,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2388"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/169"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/kyleevans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}